James F. LaSalle Teaching Excellence Award

Dr. James F. LaSalle

The James F. LaSalle Teaching Award is given every Fall to a MIS graduate student instructor who exemplifies the best of teaching and who is following Jim's steps of excellence in the classroom.

This award was established in honor of Professor Jim LaSalle who has taught at the university for over 40 years and is the professor cited by the most students as having had an impact on their undergraduate education. 

Jim retired from teaching in 2004 and according to UA’s Alumni Association Jim has taught over 50,000 students during his UA teaching career! More about Jim here.

2011 - Katherine Carl

Katherine Carl

Katherine's teaching philosophy is: "I believe it is important that students learn how to think scientifically about people, computers, and the relationships between the two in the world of business. Students should be given the opportunity to analyze the components of MIS first in a lab setting and thin the the real world. Class content should be approached both is a scientific and philosophic manner so that students can choose a method of discovery that suites them best."

Katherine's teaching ratings (completed by students) included overall teaching effectiveness = 4.6, overall rating of the class = 4.4, students treated with respect = 4.9, value of time spent on course = 4.4. The rankings were on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the highest.

Visit Katherine here.

2009 - Nichalin Suakkaphong

2008 - Eyran Gisches

2007 - Siddharth Kaza

2006 - Matthew Jensen